Daily Republican., 1887-07-26
aRAHAM's VICTORY.
He is Reelected PrineipaI OF the nigh
scnooi After q Long struggle.

scnooI After Long struggle.
All the rnemb of ths Board OF Elm,
cation were on hand last night except
Mr.. Belts, of tie Sixth ward, and Mr..
Trump, of the Eleventh ward. After
the residing Of the minutes, the report
Of tho Com mittee on Teachers was call.
ed for thst had been laid over from .
previous meeting
Mr.. Smith said he hal no more to say
than what hs had said on q previous
occssion.
MIR. Palmer moved TO amend By a
ing the blalk for principal of the High
School with the name OF Thomas l..
Graham.
MIR. Smith hoped the motion would
not prevail, as The report cou.d be very
easily adopted and the filling Of tho va.
cancy could lay over two, three or six
weeks.
Dr.. Gr,mshaw did not want the ap.
pointment Of principal mixed up With
Other matters. 1t should not be forced.
Mr.. Palmer though, this Was the very
time to consider the subject, al In q ch 80
as the appoutment Of other teachers.
DIR. Shortlijge said there Was pro.
test here ffCm the school com mittee OF
the High School TO the com mittee on
teachers agsins: the re-appJintment OF
Mr.. GrahIm, which should have some
weight and which should bs read. He
fer one would not vote for the re-
appointment Of Mr.. Graham. II the
boys vera to bs subjected 10 such
teacher. let tbs people know 1t
| DR.. Gflmshaw said that this WAS
nsstily end Improperly mixed up.
Why wsa this man not turned down
iss; year? Il was rot done. and, point.
ing to succfss!vely TO Mr.. Pyle and Wr.
Baird, sail that when :hey came to sp-
point their foremen 4 their works they
would no5 reappoinJ item after they
had been found to be neii cisnt. We
doa't know Anything abou, last year,
but the fra.t was bic. One bald, ont.
right lie wos told upon the streets. II
was satd thas tie girls in the school
were given their lessons two days be
fore the boys were given theirs. He
denied this, aud appealing 10 Supsrin-
tsudeut Harlan, tho latter said boys and
g.ris were gwen their lessons at the
, same time. Nothing was known until
, the morning tie lessons we're given on,
about toe questions.
. The matter was not oce ofeympathy
: but OF justice TO 1870 boys under man
totally Inc 3ien, TO instruct them.
Three OF uB who are on the committee
OF teachers are Oh teachers and should
we noS know scmeshing about the com.
petency Of teSchers? TIE boys had told
him that they did net study geometry
they hadn't studied grammar for two
years, and IN petition they presented
to this board few weeks ego IL wa,
entirely devoid Of punctuation, and thu
boys who wrote II did no, know thu
difference between graduating ant
' graduation. A. this point the protes
: from the School Com ID mit.ee-A. H
G,imshaw, Z G. Shortlidge and L. b
Jones-was read as follows:
"Gentlemen: The up dersigned, Com
mittee on High School in this city, asl
. to draw yt ur attention TO the condition
OF the male department Of that schoo
First, the discipline IL defective. Sec
ona, thoroughness in study has no
been manifested. Third, an examina
, ton In Reom stry, covering the numbe
OF books required to be taught during
, certain period, demons'rsted the fac
that none CT the pupils in tho grade ex
amined were instructed in or hat
studied the books named. Fourth, til
: principal and the teachers are not work
iDg together. The manner Of teaching
by at least two of she teachers, Mis-
c Hare and Miss Pyle, has been condemn
ed in the school room, both in :he pres
ence OF the boys and to the boys as We
e as to tho committee. lu view OF thes
/ facts the Visiting Committee OF th
High School suggest that change b
5. made, and that the name OF q noI
d principal be submitted 10 the Board {
Educatiun."
r DR.. Chad wick sty led some OF d,
r. Grimshaw's remarks as impertinenc'
aud then went into q defense Of MI
Graham. He ssked did not othe
teachers than Mr.. Graham teach th
boys grammar? Certainly, said d
Grimshaw, but for two years past the
T had bsen under the charge Of kr. Grs
hsp. DIR. Chadwick understood ths
the other teachers were not hostile
Mr.. Graham. He Is very much OF
gentleman, and Is graduate Of Prince
ton College. A gentleman who kne'
st him 30 id he graduated withs distil
n guished honors. Princeton Collep
;" never seat out tealawa9s. Ii
thought great injnstice. ha
nj been done Mr.. Graham, but /
hoped tho board would deal bonestl
er By him, 6s he knew the mem bers to
a honorable gentlemen.
1 Ihis HlhoStJ hpuIObibSu ioh 49, ~
l. ham at considerable ltngih. He bs
taken 1t upon bimself to write TO ii
boys OF the graduating class. and als
OF thai wonderful Geom etry clsss. Or
or two OF them thought that Mr Gr
ham WIS Eot as good an instructor I
he might be. There was card playin
and smoking carried on in the boil,
n room W here the principal could not
' expected to watch them, and Some
the boys in tho geometry class lad
prize faht out in the lot, but Mr.. CIR
ham broke 1t up nad suspended Il
y principals.
-s Concerning the examination in &
ometry, the borg said Mr.. Grahal
. taught than theory and principle.
- they had put their minds to 1t the
might have done much better. \
such examination had ever before bet
required of the boys. Mr.. Massey tbs
III sharply criticised the School COmmi
tee aud tho superintendent, and reat
ing the rules defining their duties the
would have been NO cause for the
charges
DR.. Grimshaw-''The superintenfe
has made q report every year"
Mr.. Massey-"I havo never seen 1t
DIR. Griinshaw-"I;'s pity"
d Mr.. Massey charged thst the who
~ opposition was nothing but prejndi
II against Mr. Graham, and he wanted
=, see this thing investigated from top
- bottom, and from bottom to top.
= "Amen," exclaimed Mr, Pyle,
a doubt thinking he WAS in q class me-
y ing.
Mr.. Massey-Whst 60 you say?
N. Mr.. Pyie--I say amen to that with
- my heart.
w Mr.. Palmer. getting the floor next